Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements assesses #AlexFire damage, lends support to 20 families

ALEX – There are 20 families affected by the fire that ripped through the Organic Market Settlement in Alex, near Bramley.

CoGTA tweeted this photo of the assessment underway in the Organic Market Settlement. Photo: @GDCoGTA on Twitter

This afternoon was a time for assessment and rebuilding for the 20 Alex families who lost their homes in a blaze yesterday morning (17 April).

Gauteng MEC for Human Settlements, Urban Planning and Cogta, Lebogang Maile, put his boots on the ground in Alex’s Organic Market Informal Settlement in a bid to lend support to the 20 families who lost their homes in the fire.

Maile was joined by senior officials from Provincial Disaster Management and the City of Johannesburg. Together, they assessed the damage and considered what support the Gauteng Provincial Government could lend.

https://twitter.com/GDCoGTA/status/1251440368098463744?s=20

Some of the burnt shacks were reconstructed this afternoon.

#AlexFire MEC @LebogangMaile1 on the ground in Alexandra with disaster management team and the @CityofJoburgZA MMC for Human Settlement assessing damage caused by blazing fire ???? at Organic Market Informal Settlement @Alexfm891 @Sandton_News @Newzroom405 @ewnupdates @dailysunsa pic.twitter.com/HNhbf5e1V1

— CoGTA (@GDCoGTA) April 18, 2020

#AlexFire Mop up operation is in full swing at Organic Market Informal Settlement between Alexandra and Bramley. pic.twitter.com/0VpbictK3P

— CS_City-Solutions P. Mueller ???? (@mueller_nyc) April 18, 2020

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